Found 2 items, similar to Sentience.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sentience sentience n 1: state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; “the crash intruded on his awareness” [syn: awareness] 2: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing” [syn: sense, sensation, sentiency, sensory faculty] 3: the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; “gave sentience to slugs and newts”- Richard Eberhart [ant: insentience]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sentience Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See Sentient, Sentence.] The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes. [1913 Webster] An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentiency of the mind. --Earle. [1913 Webster]